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Controlling Magnetic Anisotropy in Soft and Hard Materials for Next-Generation Power and Communication Devices
Piotr Kulik
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Central Florida
is speaking on October 2, 2026.
☀️ Bright ideas for the power grid! ECE PhD student Arundhuti Haldar co-authored new research showing that combining machine learning models can improve day-ahead solar power forecasts by up to 13% – helping utilities better balance supply and demand as solar energy use grows nationwide.
Published in the Journal of Cleaner Production, the team tested seven forecasting models across two California utilities and found that blending forecasts and tailoring them to each region delivers the biggest gains.
Proud to see our ECE graduate students contributing to research that keeps the clean energy transition running smoothly! 🔋
Read more: http://ncst.at/Uce850ZPEg9
🎉 Congratulations to ECE Associate Professor Hantao Cui on winning the prestigious IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Prize Paper Award!
Only two papers are selected each year from thousands published across PES Transactions journals, and Cui`s research on Virtual Inertia Scheduling is helping keep our power grid stable as we shift to clean, renewable energy. ⚡
We`re proud to see his innovative work, including the open-source ANDES simulator he developed, representing ECE on the national stage!
Read more: http://ncst.at/4gkX50ZNzvN
Welcome to the ECE family! 🎉 We`re thrilled to introduce two new Assistant Professors joining our department this fall: Brittany N. Smith and Wei-Hsi Chen.
Brittany directs our new Fabrication Laboratory for Active Microelectronics (FLAME). This combines cleanroom techniques with 2D-printed electronics to build next-gen sensors, transistors and micro-scale robotics. Think wearables and space tech.
Wei-Hsi leads our Function-Oriented Robotics Geometry and Engineering (FORGE) lab, working to turn robot design into an engineering discipline driven by computational tools and first principles.
We`re proud to have both of them bringing new energy and expertise to NC State ECE! 🙌
Read more: http://ncst.at/RysH50ZJCr6
📡 ECE Assistant Professor Vijay K. Shah is leading a $1M NSF award (with Yale University) to develop ARMANI, AI-native tools that help next-gen 5G/6G wireless networks manage themselves, getting faster, smarter and more reliable.
"It is just as much about people as technology," says Shah, whose lab has become a hub for AI-native 6G research. Graduate and undergraduate students in the lab will get hands-on experience in wireless networking, machine learning and system prototyping as part of the project.
Read more: http://ncst.at/t9ux50ZJC2g
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As one of only two institutions to be home to two concurrent NSF Engineering Research Centers, one of three NSF Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research Initiatives, the home of the Department of Energy’s PowerAmerica Institute, leads the only North America IBM Quantum Hub, and home to one of The Microelectronics Commons’ Hubs, we are ranked among the top academic units engaged in scientific research in the United States.
